Voices of choice / [produced by Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, in association with Fly on the Wall Productions].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health., Production company.

Fly on the Wall Productions., Production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--United States--History--20th century.

Abortion.

Reproductive rights.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 min.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Physicians for Reproductive Health, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

A 25-minute film created by Physicians for Reproductive Health in 2003, Voices of Choice documents the experiences of physicians involved in abortion care and reform prior to the landmark Supreme Court Roe decision in 1973. Their stories remain fascinating, moving, and profound--a record of the horror of illegal abortion and the social and historical ramifications of a time when health care providers worked to save the lives of women who suffered needlessly. Voices of Choice preserves the legacy of older physicians and figures in the reproductive rights movement who witnessed the effects of illegal abortion, including: Curtis Boyd, MD, who has provided abortions since 1965. Bylle Avery, founder of the National Black Women's Health Project, who prior to Roe was a leader in the underground abortion referral network. Mildred Hanson, MD, who saw the tragic results of illegal abortion as a young gynecologist in the years before Roe. The late Reverend Howard Moody, who helped found the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion in 1967, an extensive network of clergy members and abortion providers. The late George Tiller, MD, who was murdered in 2009 for providing abortions.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 4, 2014).

OCLC:

898079233